fornicate 



Fructification 



noids ; - Re'gion, the growing 

 point proper. 



for'nicate, Jornica'tus (Lat., arched 

 over), provided with scale-like 

 appendages in the corolla-tube, as 

 in Myosotis; For'nices, pi. of For'- 

 nix (Lat. ), a little scale. 



Fos'sil (fossus, dug), the remains of 

 a plant changed to a stony con- 

 sistence, from various strata ; ^ 

 Bot'any, the department which 

 takes note of fossil plants, palaeo- 

 botany. 



Fos'sula (Lat., a little ditch), a small 

 groove in some Diatom-valves. 



Fost'er-plant = HOST. 



four-fold, quadruple ; ~ Pollen - 

 Grains, as in Oenothera, which 

 form coherent tetrads. 



Fov'ea (Lat., a small pit), a depres- 

 sion or pit, as in the upper surface 

 of the leaf-base in Isoetes, which 

 contains the sporangium. 



Fov'eola, (1) a small pit; (2) "the 

 perithecium of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley); (3) in Isoeles, a small 

 depression above the fovea, from 

 which the ligule springs ; fov'eate, 

 fovea' tus, pitted ; fov'eolate, foveo- 

 la'tus, diminutive of the last. 



FoviTla (foveo, I nourish), the con- 

 tents of the pollen-grain. 



Fox'glove-shaped, like the corolla of 

 Digitalis, digitaliform. 



frac'idus (Lat., mellow), of a pasty 

 texture, between fleshy and pulpy. 



Fragmentation (fragmentum, apiece), 

 Van Beneden's term for direct divi- 

 sion of the nucleus. 



Fran'gulin, a yellow crystalline body 

 from the parenchyma of Rhamnus 

 Frangida, Linn. 



Fratern'ity (fraternitas, a brother- 

 hood), see ADELPHIA. 



Frax'inin, a principle existing in the 

 bark of the ash, Fraxinus excelsior, 

 Linn. 



free, not adhering, the reverse of 

 adnate ; Free-cell, a ceil formed by 

 ~ Cell-forma'tion, the production 

 of new cells from several nuclei 

 within the mother -cell, as in 

 pollen, endogenous cell-formation. 



Fren'ching, a disease caused by 

 Fusarium vasinfectum, Atkins., in 

 the leaf of the cotton - plant 

 (Tubeuf). 



fre'quent, used of a species often 

 occurring. 



Frigida'rium (Lat., the cool room), 

 in botanic gardens applied to the 

 Orangery, or Temperate House, 

 with simple exclusion of frost. 



Frill = ARMILLA. 



Fringe, used by Sir W. J. Hooker 

 for the peristome of mosses ; 

 fringed, margined with hair-like 

 appendages, fimbriate. 



Frond, Frons (Lat., a leaf), (1) the 

 foliage of Ferns and other Crypto- 

 gams ; (2) the leaves of Palms, ac- 

 cording to Linnaeus; frondesce', 

 to unfold leaves ; Frondes'cence, 

 Frondescen'tia, (1) vernation ; (2) 

 phyllody ; (3) by Morren re- 

 stricted to the formation of leaf- 

 like organs in the place of petals ; 

 see also VIRESCENCE ; frondif erous 

 (fero, I bear), producing fronds ; 

 fron'diform (forma, shape), like 

 the fronds of Ferns ; frondip'arous 

 (pario, I bring forth), (1) bearing 

 fronds ; (2) the monstrous produc- 

 tion of leaves instead of fruit ; 

 Fron'dlet, a small frond ; fron'dose, 

 fron'dous, frondo'sus (Lat., full of 

 leaves), (1) leafy ; (2) frond-like or 

 bearing fronds ; <~ Thallus, folia- 

 ceous thallus ; Fron'dula, Fron'- 

 dules, used by J. Smith for the 

 main stems of Selaginetta. 



Front, of a Diatom, is that view 

 which has the cingulum facing 

 and the valves fore-shortened in 

 side view. 



frost'ed, with a surface having the 

 appearance of hoar frost. 



Fructes'cence, Fructescen'lia (fructus, 

 fruit), the time of maturity of 

 fruit. 



fructiferous (fructifer, fruit-bearing), 

 producing or bearing fruit ; Calyx 

 fruc'tifer, the fruiting calyx. 



Fructification, Fructifaa'tio (Lat)., 

 (1) fruiting; (2) in Cryptogams, 

 the result of the sexual act ; (3) 



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